Objective.To assess the presence of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease in the preoperative period for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. Methods. A cross-sectional study with 63 hospitalized patients prior to CABG. Two instruments were used for data collection; one for the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and the other to evaluate the presence of depressive symptoms, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results. The mean age was 58 years; most were male (60.3%); with a partner (81%) low educational level (71.4% attended school through elementary school). Among the patients, 36.5% were classified with dysphoria, and 25.4% had some degree of depression (6.3% mild, 17.5% moderate, and 1.6% severe). The group of patients with lower educational level presented higher depressive symptoms. Conclusion. Six of every ten patients with coronary artery disease showed dysphoria or some degree of depression. The results of this study can support the planning of nursing care for patients before and after CABG, as well as the development of public health policies to ensure complete, quality care for these patients, understanding depression as a variable that can interfere with recovery after cardiac surgery.

Objetivo: : Avaliar a relação entre Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde (QVRS), sintomas depressivos e Senso de Coerência (SC) de indivíduos com doença coronariana. Método: Estudo observacional desenvolvido com 63 indivíduos. Foram utilizados quatro instrumentos, um para a caracterização sociodemográfica e clínica e mais três, o Medical Outcomes Study 36 – item - SF-36, o Inventário de Depressão de Beck - BDI e o Questionário de Senso de Coerência de Antonovsky - QSCA. Resultados: Foram identificadas correlações estatisticamente significantes (p<0,05) e moderadas entre o BDI e os domínios Saúde mental, Aspectos emocionais, Dor e Estado geral de saúde do SF-36; entre o QSCA e domínios Saúde mental, Vitalidade, Aspectos emocionais, Estado geral de saúde e Capacidade funcional do SF-36; e forte entre o BDI e o QSCA. Conclusão: Os resultados permitem sugerir que quanto mais sintomas depressivos, pior a QVRS, enquanto que quanto mais forte SC melhor a QVRS.Descritores: Revascularização miocárdica; depressão; senso de coerência; enfermagem.HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND SENSE OF COHERENCE IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTSObjective: To evaluate the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), depressive symptoms and Sense of Coherence (SC) of individuals with coronary disease. Method: Observational study developed with 63 individuals. Four instruments were used, one for sociodemographic and clinical characterization and three, the Medical Outcomes Study 36 - item - SF-36, the Beck Depression Inventory - BDI and the Questionnaire of Sense of Coherence by Antonovsky of 29 items - QSCA. Results: Statistically significant (p <0.05) and moderate correlations were found between BDI and the domains of mental health, emotional aspects, pain and general health status of SF-36; between the QSCA and mental health, vitality, emotional aspects, general health status and functional capacity of the SF-36 domains; and strong between BDI and QSCA. Conclusion: The results suggest that the more depressive symptoms, the worse the HRQoL, while the stronger the SC the better the HRQoL.Descriptors: coronary artery bypass surgery; depression; sense of coherence;nursing.CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA A LA SALUD, SÍNTOMAS DEPRESIVOS Y SENTIDO DE COHERENCIA DE CORONARIOPATASEvaluar la relación entre Calidad de Vida Relacionada a la Salud (QVRS), síntomas depresivos y Senso de Coherencia (SC) de individuos con enfermedad coronaria. Método: Estudio observacional desarrollado con 63 individuos. Se utilizaron cuatro instrumentos, uno para la caracterización sociodemográfica y clínica y otros tres, el Medical Outcomes Study 36 - item - SF- 36, el Inventario de Depresión de Beck - BDI y el Cuestionario de Sentido de Coherencia de Antonovsky - QSCA. Resultados: Se identificaron correlaciones estadísticamente significativas (p <0,05) y moderadas entre el BDI y los dominios Salud mental, Aspectos emocionales, Dolor y estado general de salud del SF-36; entre el QSCA y los dominios Salud mental, Vitalidad, Aspectos emocionales, Estado general de salud y Capacidad funcional del SF-36; y fuerte entre el BDI y el QSCA. Conclusión: Los resultados permiten sugerir que cuanto más síntomas depresivos, peor la QVRS, mientras que cuanto más fuerte SC mejor la QVRS.Descriptores: Revascularización Miocárdica ; Depresión ; Sentido de Coherencia ;Enfermería.